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<blockquote data-quote="FlyFishn1" data-source="post: 2858807" data-attributes="member: 127209"><p>Interesting idea. If you have pictures I would be interested to see what you all have come up with using that construction method.</p><p></p><p>I agree - if you insulate like you describe that would be pretty warm in the winter time.</p><p></p><p>Several years ago now I went with a buddy of mine and some others on a sailing adventure of sorts where we went out to an island and set up for the June Ham Radio Field Day event. It wasn't anything "remote", per se. The island we went to has a park where we could camp. We set up canopies over a couple picnic tables. I strung up a tarp over top for better shade and weather protection - and we needed it that weekend.</p><p></p><p>After that trip we were putting our heads together on shelter ideas and one idea that came up was making a modular "building" with panels that go together, similar to what your describing with the plywood sheets.</p><p></p><p>One of the challenges setting up is uneven ground. One way to solve that is to have a platform.</p><p></p><p>For an extreme example of the functionality of a platform based tent/structure set up - check out this video of a ham radio expedition (in the ham radio world they're called DXPeditions - where DX is is a term for rare/far away) to Heard Island near Antarctica in 1997. I think it is probably the best classic example of a real heavily funded and supported DXPedition. I am not sure there ever will be another DXpedition of the same caliber. Some recent ones, and attempted ones, have not fared well and have been scaled way back. That said, what they did on this one for camp was really ingenious. </p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]F66lJgViC2E[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>They used dome style tents (not full found, just half moon tubes, if you will, with flat fronts/backs) instead of walls and pitched roofs. In the modular building ideas we were coming up with we were thinking more traditional walls and pitched roof. </p><p></p><p>The modular building + platform idea has some distinct advantages in rigidity, strength, and insulation ability, among others. </p><p></p><p>The down side to the idea is bulk, weight, and effort to assemble. </p><p></p><p>That is where a wall tent I think is a better option. Since the vast majority of our uses would be in fair weather (hopefully) and warmer temps I think the tried and tested wall tent theory makes sense. Sure, we can come up with our own thing, and I like doing that - coming up with an idea and bringing it to reality - but I think in this case we can get a good structure, and a lot of options with various modules, going with the wall tent theory, even at this point if it is set up just on the ground. That isn't to say we can't make a platform for it later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlyFishn1, post: 2858807, member: 127209"] Interesting idea. If you have pictures I would be interested to see what you all have come up with using that construction method. I agree - if you insulate like you describe that would be pretty warm in the winter time. Several years ago now I went with a buddy of mine and some others on a sailing adventure of sorts where we went out to an island and set up for the June Ham Radio Field Day event. It wasn't anything "remote", per se. The island we went to has a park where we could camp. We set up canopies over a couple picnic tables. I strung up a tarp over top for better shade and weather protection - and we needed it that weekend. After that trip we were putting our heads together on shelter ideas and one idea that came up was making a modular "building" with panels that go together, similar to what your describing with the plywood sheets. One of the challenges setting up is uneven ground. One way to solve that is to have a platform. For an extreme example of the functionality of a platform based tent/structure set up - check out this video of a ham radio expedition (in the ham radio world they're called DXPeditions - where DX is is a term for rare/far away) to Heard Island near Antarctica in 1997. I think it is probably the best classic example of a real heavily funded and supported DXPedition. I am not sure there ever will be another DXpedition of the same caliber. Some recent ones, and attempted ones, have not fared well and have been scaled way back. That said, what they did on this one for camp was really ingenious. [MEDIA=youtube]F66lJgViC2E[/MEDIA] They used dome style tents (not full found, just half moon tubes, if you will, with flat fronts/backs) instead of walls and pitched roofs. In the modular building ideas we were coming up with we were thinking more traditional walls and pitched roof. The modular building + platform idea has some distinct advantages in rigidity, strength, and insulation ability, among others. The down side to the idea is bulk, weight, and effort to assemble. That is where a wall tent I think is a better option. Since the vast majority of our uses would be in fair weather (hopefully) and warmer temps I think the tried and tested wall tent theory makes sense. Sure, we can come up with our own thing, and I like doing that - coming up with an idea and bringing it to reality - but I think in this case we can get a good structure, and a lot of options with various modules, going with the wall tent theory, even at this point if it is set up just on the ground. That isn't to say we can't make a platform for it later. [/QUOTE]
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